Organic phosphate in UK rivers and its relevance to algal and bryophyte surveys

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Whitton, Brian A ^a   Neal, Colin ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Monitoring; Organic phosphate; Peat; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BRYOPHYTE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH RATE; PEAT SOIL; PHOSPHATE (ORGANIC); PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; UPLAND REGION;

ENGLAND; NORTH YORKSHIRE; SWALE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 79961062824     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2010102     Document Type: Review

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